AAAS Fellow Pat Marsteller was headed toward a career as a physician but her interest shifted toward science education. Today, from her lab at Emory's Center for Science Education (CSE), she helps create hands-on research and curriculum for students and teachers at the pre-college, college and postgrad levels. »Read More

As discussions of climate change move from prevention to resiliency, marine conservationist Tim McClanahan says that conservancy of marine ecosystems depends on creative solutions to problems shared very locally between those who make a living on the sea and those who use science to help keep it alive. »Read More

For the past three years, AAAS Fellow Kevin Healy and his team have been researching the smallest tissue unit that can be used to accurately reflect how the heart will respond to a drug. The goal is to use this mini platform to quickly screen out drugs that are non-starters and avoid costly clinical trials. »Read More

For centuries, the nature of the aurora was a mystery that inspired poetic explanations involving dragons or warring armies in the sky. Early scientific theories were equally fanciful—including the idea that they were produced by sunlight scattered off ice crystals. Download this image and use it as your new wallpaper! »Read More

AAAS Fellow William Catterall is currently investigating a specific genetic mutation tied to autism, a mutation known for turning off the sodium ion channel’s electrical switch. Counterintuitively, this turning off, actually leads to excessive turning on in the brain. »

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Consulting is a popular alternative career for STEM professionals at any stage of their career. If you think you have what it takes to be a consultant but aren’t completely sure it’s for you and/or how to go about it, then watch this webinar. »

Change has come to the halls of Congress. The midterm elections ushered in a new wave of representation, and leaders of the Republican House and Senate have been busy selecting committee chairs and laying out their agendas. How will these changes impact science? »

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